Your call: Are police efforts to build community trust on the right path?

The death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown sparked riots in Ferguson, Missouri

For January’s cover story, PRWeek goes inside the police departments of five major cities – Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Ferguson, Missouri; Los Angeles, California; and Seattle, Washington – to explore how law enforcement officials are communicating with communities that often do not trust the police.

After the highly publicized police killings of several black men, many of whom were unarmed at the time of their deaths, are these departments taking appropriate action to foster mutual trust and respect with the communities they police? Let us know with the poll below and by leaving a comment in the comment section.